Prizes and Awards

GREGORY KAVKA/ UC IRVINE PRIZE IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Summary

The Gregory Kavka/UCI Prize in Political Philosophy will be awarded to the author of a paper in a refereed journal, or an original book chapter, or an original essay published in a collection with a multiplicity of contributors, published during a specified period of time. Papers from any area of political philosophy and political theory are welcome.

Frequency: Every 2 years, in odd years

Award Amount: $500 plus a symposium at the Pacific Division Meetings

Last Award: 2003

Next Award: 2009 for publications between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007

Submission procedures

The APA invites submissions for the fourth Gregory Kavka/University of California at Irvine Prize in Political Philosophy, to be conferred at the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in 2009. The prize is to be awarded for the best paper in a refereed journal, or an original book chapter or original essay published in a collection with a multiplicity of contributors, in the field of political philosophy, broadly understood.
Papers from any area of political philosophy and political theory are welcome, including, but not limited to, the history of political philosophy, rational choice theory with implications drawn for political philosophy, and moral theory/applied ethics in which direct links are made to political philosophy or public policy. Papers for the spring 2009 award are eligible if they were published for the first time (not reprinted) between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007.

The amount of the prize is $500. A symposium in honor of the recipient of the Kavka Prize will be scheduled at the Pacific Division Meeting, to include panelists commenting upon the ideas of the selected paper, followed by a response from the award winner. The author must be a member in good standing of the APA at the time the award is presented.
Nominations of papers for the Kavka Prize are encouraged from journal editors, authors, and colleagues. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2008. Three copies of each nominated paper, with bibliographic/publication information and the author's current academic affiliation or address, should be sent to APA, Gregory Kavka Prize, University of Delaware, 31 Amstel Avenue, Newark, DE 19716.

Previous awardees

2003 Loren Lomasky and Geoffrey Brennan "Is There a Duty to Vote?"

2001 Scott Shapiro "On Hart's Way Out" also

2001 Mariam Thalos "Degrees of Freedom in the Social World"

1999 Elijah Millgram "Incommensurability and Practical Reasoning"